Observers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta's power.

Myanmar’s military junta is once again promising elections as a pathway out of national crisis. After more than three years of civil war, economic collapse and state…

Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracy

BANGKOK: Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an exercise that critics say will neither restore the country’s…

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Myanmar’s military portrays its general election as a path to democracy and peace, but the vote offers neither to a million Rohingya exiles, robbed of…

This is the first election since the army's coup in early 2021 - and it is being widely condemned as a sham.

Myanmar's military seeks to entrench rule as it begins to claw back territory and China presses for stability.

Observers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta's power.

As the military pushes ahead with a widely condemned election, Beijing’s priorities are proving decisive

War with opposition groups means large areas are excluded from poll, while recent law prohibits criticising a process regarded internationally as a sham

Myanmar's junta holds controversial elections amid civil war, facing condemnation for repression and lack of genuine democratic participation.

The UN, human rights groups and opposition parties say the process is not free, fair or credible.

Citizens in Myanmar have started voting in an election for the first time in the five since that country's military coup, but many are calling the contest "fake" and "not for the…

UN human rights chief condemns the elections, citing a crackdown on dissent.

Myanmar's pro-military party claims a significant lead in controversial elections, raising concerns over the legitimacy of military rule.

Myanmar's junta blames rebels for violent election disruptions, while Aung San Suu Kyi remains imprisoned and her party dissolved.